My s10 spent most of its life in Utah before moving to Oregon with me. It was exposed to snowy, salty winters and as a result has frame rust. It isn't horrible, most of it looks to be surface rust with a little scale here and there, I hit it all over with a screw driver and no holes popped up. I went over it last summer with a wire wheel and some inexpensive paint since I have neither the place nor money to do a POR15 job. The paint has held up ok through this winter and there's only a couple spots I need to touch up, not bad for a $10 can of paint.
My questions.. the paint I used was flat black, now, I'm no paint expert but from what I understand gloss paint is harder and doesn't 'breathe' like flat paint does. Is that accurate or was the guy I heard it from just blowing smoke? If it is true, would slathering on a thick coat of gloss over the flat paint help out as far a sealing the frame goes?
Next question... I replaced my ball joints recently, and while I was at it, I noticed a couple spots of rust on the control arms. I had some wheel bearing grease in the garage so I cleaned the old grime off the arms and gave them a liberal covering of the stuff. I went for a drive to test my ball joint work and it was pouring rain. When I got back to the garage and checked the joints(and control arms) the were beading water off nicely. Would a good thick coating of grease help to stop rust and prevent new rust from starting?
Oregon doesn't salt roads but it does rain, I'm mostly just concerned about the existing rust progressing to the point of frame failure.
My questions.. the paint I used was flat black, now, I'm no paint expert but from what I understand gloss paint is harder and doesn't 'breathe' like flat paint does. Is that accurate or was the guy I heard it from just blowing smoke? If it is true, would slathering on a thick coat of gloss over the flat paint help out as far a sealing the frame goes?
Next question... I replaced my ball joints recently, and while I was at it, I noticed a couple spots of rust on the control arms. I had some wheel bearing grease in the garage so I cleaned the old grime off the arms and gave them a liberal covering of the stuff. I went for a drive to test my ball joint work and it was pouring rain. When I got back to the garage and checked the joints(and control arms) the were beading water off nicely. Would a good thick coating of grease help to stop rust and prevent new rust from starting?
Oregon doesn't salt roads but it does rain, I'm mostly just concerned about the existing rust progressing to the point of frame failure.
